Month: May 2016

by Jay DeLancy Raleigh, NC – Stunning film evidence, gathered last Thursday, of a Wake County election official misleading an Unaffiliated voter on his available choice of ballots could put the employee into legal jeopardy, for “discourag[ing] potential voters from exercising…

by Brian Balfour Raleigh, NC – We hear dire warnings about North Carolina facing a shortfall of transportation funding as high as $94 billion by 2040. Our state has crumbling roads, highways and bridges – and needs to accommodate the…

Sanford, NC – The Central Carolina Community College’s Small Business Center in Lee County will offer its first online webinar from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7. The webinar is titled, “Email Marketing: How to Build an Email…

by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.” Using a saying from UNC President Margaret Spellings’s native Texas, one attributed to Sam Rayburn, the long-time speaker…

Pittsboro, NC – Are you interested in transportation issues around Chatham County? You can learn about and help shape recommendations on transportation issues by serving on the county’s Transportation Advisory Committee. The committee has three vacancies and the deadline to…

Pittsboro, NC – An REI Local Store grant of $8,000 to Clean Jordan Lake will improve the effectiveness of trash removal and prevention programs. Nick Cross, the REI Outdoor Programs Manager for Central North Carolina said “we’re proud to support…

Concord, NC – Southern Grace Distilleries, of Concord, NC is sponsoring a contest to pick a North Carolina animal shelter to receive a donation for every bottle sold of their award-winning Sun Dog 130 Moonshine sold in North Carolina in…

Pittsboro, NC – Food writer and historian Rien Fertel has written an ode to the Southern tradition of whole-hog barbecue: “THE ONE TRUE BARBECUE: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog.” He will be making an appearance…

by *protected email* Pittsboro, NC – I run a business in Pittsboro, and we have received several letters from Kep Kepley, the Chatham County Tax Administrator, asking for a complete list of our employees, their home addresses and their social…

by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Can a Louisiana food writer tell us something about North Carolina barbecue that we did not already know? Rien Fertel gives it a good try in his new book, “The One True Barbecue:…

I saw the handwriting on the wall so I bought two shares. One for me and one for my four year old son. I wanted to be part of the history...We’re still holding out hope that someone will swoop in and bring it back.

Quote from: Silk_Hope on February 05, 2018, 10:24:03 AMI heard the sad news on WNCA this morning that the Farmers Alliance Store in downtown Siler has closed down.It is sad. Went there since I was a young child and that's more yrs. than I care to admit! Don't know what...

Quote from: Wilderness Voice on February 02, 2018, 07:24:04 PMnot sure why the author is indirectly involving President Trump for this incident with the photo they used It's WaPo, race-bait and anti-Trump central.

Quote from: Wilderness Voice on February 02, 2018, 07:24:04 PMnot sure why the author is indirectly involving President Trump for this incident with the photo they used They've been trying to hang the racist thing around his neck all year. Just one more shot at...